... machines, previously known as young men, many of whom do not understand for what they are fighting. These feelings of war have carried through to future generations as well; young people of today have not experienced a war first hand, but can still relate to these feelings and emotions with the help of ... relate to the devastation that it brings. As Baumer decreed in All Quiet On The Western Front, children of today do not understand all that previous generations went through in times of war. In fact, most young people had never experienced a war, but could still somehow relate with the...

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Gloria Bird realizes that for generations Native Americans have had drinking problems, and she also realizes that it is difficult for "native writers to accurately represent our communities without exploiting them."(G. ... does not just mention that Samuel is a drunk; he goes further to say that Samuel was an extremely talented basketball player, but alcohol caused Samuel to throw his basketball future away. Even when Samuel was a young man he was drinking, when the tribal cop, Wilson, asked Samuel and Lester, "You two been drinking?"(p.102) Lester responds ... been in World War II. It is und...

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... U.S. made the wrong decision because of health problems, innocent citizens dying, and it was immorally wrong. The survivors of the bombing were faced with difficult situations that crippled them for generations. Anyone in the radius of the bomb most likely had some sort of radiation poisoning. Radiation poisoning lead to an increased risk in cancer and malformations in babies. We all ... cancer which is so unfortunate and sad. If any of the survivors had kids they might be born with malformations. These malformations popped up randomly and stayed in families for generations. Parents mus...

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... change. Muliticulturalism is one such significant change, it opened the eyes of the educated youth, helping them to see this change as step towards an economical and diplomatic future. Where as in previous generations, a lack of education, formed an uneffective one-eyed view of any change. Alan Seymour has purposely used characters with clashing personalities, to portray the generation gap, functions of ... 's lack of former education to Alf's. So then, could it be that education is not he main influence on the generation gap? But rather the need to reject the previous generations? value...

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... upheld it's honesty. The fact that the international community continues to turn a blind eye to the matter, leads to the conclusion that genocide in the future is inevitable. In 1942, during the Second World War, the United Nations was set-up to settle crises peacefully. However, this attempt was proved to ... keeps repeating the same pattern of injustice. The fate of genocide rests in the hands of the international community, and from this continuous pattern the future is grim. "The question, then, is not whether acts of ethnic persecution and genocide will happen again, since the reco...

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... place. If children saw this it could scar them for life. By seeing and hearing graphic detail about the Holocaust it could prevent children from learning about it in the future. Kids would see and hear these details and be so appalled by it that they never want to hear or talk about it in the ... future and that would cause it to be forgotten or never brought up again. If that happened then it would hurt generations to come because when the kids that were exposed in too much detail to it have their own kids then ... like or how they were dying in the concentration camp. In many circums...

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... people who think they can bring down a controlling force, that we as a country really are unstoppable. Because of our differences, as a whole, we can over come anything that impedes the future success and well being of a country we so dearly adore. Even though we dealt with the attacks on our country so well, many countries deal with terrorism every day. Although ... putting its people at risk. Terrorism has been an on going problem all over the world for centuries, and in today's society, it is extremely difficult to judge what the future holds. As long as there are people in this worl...

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... as such and what better way then to do it by using our military force. Thanks to the strength of our military we can feel secure about ourselves and our future, unfortunately this desire to serve our country has been diminishing up to the point where teenagers need to be reminded about registering for the draft when they turn eighteen! Teenagers ... to all of our men and women that they have put their lives on the line to preserve the rights on which they grew up as well as their next generations will. This policy would also be beneficial for the actual draft program since in a given ca...

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... war planners were faced with planning a two-front war against Germany, Italy, and Japan. For over two years British and American planners held conference after conference. During this time, complete generations of young British men were lost to trench warfare because they were stuck in a stale mate with the German military. With this tragic loss of life and thousands of prisoners ... , the estimated loss of life was 80% overall. This loss of life is too great a burden to bear for any nation. This immense loss has paved the way for future freedoms and future life for my family and yours. ...

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... be some dualistic thinking going on in Washington but obviously there wasn"t enough going on that day. Now I know that there was and still is no way to predict the future, still, through out the conflict when our goal wasn"t being accomplished, anytime would"ve been perfect to pull out. The arrogance of all our presidents during this war cost the ... over all long-term effect of these "weapons" is still evident in the country today. The chemicals poisoning water and food sources of the people and altering their DNA causing future generations to be born with horrifying birth defects. I g...

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... the dam ruined some people's lives and cultures, it helped more people than it hurt people. Sometimes, some people need to make sacrifices for the benefit for other people and future generations. The dam has many more positive affects than negative. For starters, we may not have won World War Two. The dam increased the economy of Washington and it is much ... ...

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... destroying stories to convey and alter reality. Writers write with the purpose of presenting and explaining some sort of universal theme relating to human life, which survives in history through generations, along with the stories they create, because they are written down and read by others who keep that tradition and the values connected with it ongoing. Briony fools the reader ... a clueless little girl to a determined strong woman, she asserts her hope to atone by battling the past with knowledge of the present, hoping to reach her atonement in the near future. 3. Quote: "...with he...

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... were able to celebrate and mourn together. For one of the first times Canadians were taking orders from other Canadians instead of the British. Canada was a young country with a bright future. Canada was old enough that they no longer thought of themselves as British; instead as Canadians, and they finally had a national victory to commemorate. Almost everyone in Canada knew someone ... battle was over. Overall the Battle of Vimy Ridge gave Canadians a sense of national pride; something to tell their children about. It was a battle that Canadians would talk about for generations to come...

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... article is also good at clearly stating the goals of this new Japanese American civil religion. The internment of many Japanese Americans in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor left many generations with a haunting past. It is in remembering the injustices and what happened that creates a new civil religion for the Japanese American people: "the institutionalization of memory therefore becomes significant in ... in which memory is reenacted and repurposed lend Japanese American civil religion its distinctive character"" (946). The Japanese American civil religion was founded on remembrance, b...

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... . African Americans had zilch to begin with after the abolishment of slavery in 1865. Slaves were promised a mule and 40 acres and they didn't live to receive it nor did generations following; because the American government has yet to live up to its word. The fruit of the slave's labor was stolen from the "land of the free" country. The victims ... their advertising campaigns and made enormous profits off of him. Tiger Woods signed contracts with American Express, Nike, Buick and they all profited extremely well because of him. Past and future African American will continue to profit hu...

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... the massive political and social changes, the fashion trends of the 1920's revolutionized fashion for women. The significance of fashion took on a new meaning and became permanently imbedded into society. Future generations would look back on the 1920's as one of the most influential times in fashion history....

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... war weren't just concentrated to a "post-war era" lasting for a whole generation of Westerners. Nope! The effects of the war were widespread throughout the world and can be traced for generations after the war! Its not very rare that when a person is asked what caused World War I, that they"d answer saying: an Austrian Prince being shot in Serbia. However the assassination ... of Vienna in 1815! In that settlement the preferment of peace was chosen over nationalism, which basically left Germany and Italy as divided states, though they did combine in the future. The Franco- Prussian War ...

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... that time that put together our government and setup our democratic government that we rely upon today to rule our nation and lead us in the best way possible. Both generations had their hard times. Although the great depression seemed like one of the greatest obstacles our nation has ever overcome while staying true to our democratic ways, this was not ... sacrifices was Nathan Hale "Spy for the American army, caught and hung. His last words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.""(NSSAR) The future of anything relies on its past. Our countries great hist...

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... terms of in cooperation between country-to-country. Economically, it created some of the wealthiest people alive until this day, where the economy shot up high enough to allow five future generations to live off of. In other cases, it created even the most impoverished people, without any supply of food available to them. Socially, women became accepted unexpectedly in ways people ... ...

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... events and we can clearly see how Adolf Hitler stained history not for a good cause but for his evil hatred. This is what we have learned and this is how future generations will remember the all-powerful Fuehrer of the criminal Third Reich,Hitler?. ...

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... of the five beaches, code named Utah, Juno, Cold and Sword, were taken with relative ease, however one stretch of Nazi infested sand would take some what longer to obtain. Future generations have come to know it as "Bloody Omaha", massive numbers of Americans laid down their lives to obtain the beachhead. The Allies' supremacy in the air was a pivotal factor. British ... ...

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... the massive political and social changes, the fashion trends of the 1920's revolutionized fashion for women. The significance of fashion took on a new meaning and became permanently imbedded into society. Future generations would look back on the 1920's as one of the most influential times in fashion history. ...

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... gentlemen courting her when she was young. She also speaks of better days in America. June Star and John Wesley are examples of the breakdown of discipline and respect in future generations. They are very disrespectful to the adults they come in contact with throughout the story, including their own grandmother. At a restaurant on the trip, June Star makes crude remarks to ... ...

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In the movie The Jazz Singer and in the cartoon, the younger generations of the 1920's give us a small hint of the controversies and conflict that surrounded them. The movie not only shows us the disobedience to the older generation but controversial dance ... the business bootleggers and gangsters would need to finish out the decade. The politics and dealings that went on throughout the 1920's were virtually ignored by the uprising voters and future leaders of the younger generation. At the beginning of the decade the United States had become a world economic power. With the good effects...

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... . Some people would argue that the large loss of lives was not worth the price. Although losing a large number of lives, Canadians helped solve an even greater number by ensuring future generations a safe home, where free will is encouraged. The Canadian effort was another important event in Canadian history that helped develop it as a nation. Canada proved that it was powerful and ... ...

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